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Smara (Occupied Territories), April 18, 2015 (SPS) – Several Sahrawi peaceful protestors were injured Friday following a “brutal” attack carried out by elements of the Moroccan police and standby forces in the streets of the occupied city of Smara, according to Sahrawi human rights sources. 

The demonstrators waved Sahrawi national flags and chanted slogans demanding self-determination and independence of the Saharawi people and expressing solidarity with Saharawi political prisoners in various Moroccan prisons.

 Luanda (Angola) April 18, 2015 (SPS) - Angola and Namibia has called on the international community to intensify efforts to enable the Saharawi people of exercising their right to self-determination and independence.

 On the occasion of the working visit by the Namibian President, Dr. Hage G. Geingob,to Angola on Thursday, the two countries reiterated their support for the just cause of the Saharawi people in a joint statement.

Oslo, April 18, 2015 (SPS) - The biannual congress of the Norwegian Labour Party stated that "Western Sahara must now have its independence", in a motion adopted Friday.

The Labour Party demands that Norway gets engaged so the parties reach a political solution to end the conflict and contribute to the Saharawi’s legitimate right to self-determination and freedom.  

Bir Lehlou (liberated zones), April 17, 2015 (SPS) - The President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has sent congratulatory cable to his counterpart of Zimbabwe, Mr. Robert Mugabe, on the occasion of the celebrations marking the 35th anniversary of the independence of Zimbabwe.

Oslo, April 16, 2015 (SPS) - Frente Polisario Representative in Oslo Dr. Limam Khalil participates in the work of the 65th congress of the Labour Party of Norway, kicked off Thursday.


Lasting until April 19th, the congress comes before the local elections scheduled to take place next September.


The Congress is expected to endorse a motion on international issues, prominent of which the decolonization matter of Western Sahara.

Mostaganem (Algeria), April 16, 2015 (SPS) - Open study days on Saharawi culture on Thursday morning kicked off in the Department of Communication and Information Sciences at Abdelhamid Ibn Badis University of Mostaganem, Algeria, in the presence of University staff and students as well as representatives of civil society components in the city.

Washington, April 16, 2015 (SPS) - President of the Robert F. Kennedy Centre for Justice and Human Rights, Kerry Kennedy, and Executive Director of RFK Partners for Human Rights at the Robert F. Kennedy Centre for Justice and Human Rights, Santiago A. Canton, called on Wednesday the UN Security Council to extend the mandate of the MINURSO (United Nations Mission for Referendum in Western Sahara) to include human rights monitoring in Western Sahara.


The Security Council is expected to vote on the extension of MINURSO’s mandate on 30 April 2015.

Paris, April 16, 2015 (SPS) - French MP Hervé Ferrand has asked the government of his country to engage in the efforts aimed at resolving the conflict of Western Sahara, urging France to support every endeavor to move forward the stalled peace process.

Buenos Aires, April 16, 2015 (SPS) - The President of the University of Tifariti, Mr. Jattari Hmudi Andalla, on Wednesday paid a visit to the free cathedral of studies on Western Sahara at the National University of Argentina.


Accompanied by President of Logos International University Mr. Edgar Eduardo Prada Pradilla, Jattari met with the director and staff of the cathedral.


The visit comes within the framework of strengthening cooperation and joint work between Tifariti and Logos universities.

El Aiun (Occupied Territories) April 16, 2015 (SPS) - Moroccan occupation forces repressed Tuesday a peaceful protest organized by unemployed Saharawis in the occupied city of El Aaiun, in parallel with the visit of a delegation of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the occupied territory of Western Sahara.


The Moroccan police forces in civilian and official clothes intervened against them causing the injuring of Ms. Mahjuba Rwaihi.

Harare, April 15, 2015 (SPS) - Director for Africa, Asia and the Pacific at Zimbabwe Foreign Affairs Ministry, Mr. Jonathan Wutawunashe, on Saturday reiterated his country’s “constant and strict” support to the right of the Saharawi people to self-determination and independence, during a reception granted to Saharawi Ambassador Mr. Deich Mohamed Saleh.


Mr. Wutawunashe said Zimbabwe’s position in defending the legitimate right of the people of the Saharawi Republic (SADR) “is strict and unchangeable”.

Bir Lehlou (liberated zones), April 15, 2015 (SPS) - President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has called on the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to “urgently intervene” to protect Saharawi civilians Moroccan oppression.

Chahid Al hafed (refugee camps), April 15, 2015 (SPS) - The Saharawi National Commission for Human Rights on Wednesday hailed the judgment handed down last Thursday by the Spanish Judge Pablo Ruz against 11 Moroccan military and civilian officials for involvement in genocide against Saharawi citizens occurred between 1975 and 1992.

El Aiun (Occupied Territories) April 15, 2015 (SPS) - At least 40 people were injured on Tuesday following a violent intervention by the Moroccan occupying forces against Saharawi demonstrators in the occupied city of El Aaiun, capital of Western Sahara, said a right source from the city.


The violent incident took place in parallel with the visit of a delegation of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to the occupied territory of Western Sahara.

Bangui, April 15, 2015 (SPS) - Saharawi Ambassador to Kenya, Mr. Abah Almad Abdalah, has represented the Saharawi Republic (SADR) in the signing ceremony of a cease-fire between the warring groups in the Central African Republic, as a culmination of mediation efforts led by Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Bir Lehlou (liberated zones), April 15, 2015 (SPS) - President of the Republic and Secretary General of the Frente Polisario Mr. Mohamed Abdelaziz has offered his condolences to family of the late Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano, who passed away Monday at the age of 80 years.


“It is with deep sadness and sorrow that we received the news of the passing away of one of the prominent friends of the Saharawi people and strong advocate to their just struggle for liberation,” writes President Mohamed Abdelaziz.

Accra, April 14, 2015 (SPS) - Ghana Forum for Solidarity with Western Sahara said Monday in Accra that restricting the prerogative of the UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to peacekeeping only has encouraged Morocco to perpetrate, with complete impunity, blatant human rights violations.


“Limiting MINURSO's prerogatives to peacekeeping only has encouraged Morocco, the occupying power, to commit, with impunity, flagrant human rights violations against Saharawi people," said Akopo Ampaw, the Forum’s president.

Copenhagen, April 14, 2015 (SPS) - The Representative of POLISARIO front to Denmark, Mr. Abba Malainin, was received Tuesday by Mr. Simon Redder, the International Secretary at the headquarters of the Danish Social Democratic Party.


The meeting focused on the latest developments in Western Sahara, the recent report of the UN Secretary General and the obstacles and dilatory tactics to maintain the political impasse and to hinder any advance for UN peaceful process for the last colony in Africa.

Addis Ababa, April 14, 2015 (SPS) - A delegation representing the Ministry of Public Health has attended the meeting of the African Union experts on health, population and drugs control, to prepare for the meeting of African health ministers which set to be held on 15-16 April 2015 at AU headquarters in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia.

Oslo, April 14, 2015 (SPS) - The Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund (SAIH) has launched a new campaign throughout Norway under the motto: “the Last Colony: 40 Years is Enough”, in the aim to demand that the Western Sahara referendum is held.


Marking the 40th anniversary of Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara, the campaign aims to draw attention to Morocco’s human rights violations in the occupied territories of Western Sahara and the need to conduct the referendum, promised 24 years ago.